The Tunison Foundation, a non-profit organization that owns and operates World War II era aircraft, today announced a strategic partnership between their D-Day Squadron and the World War II Foundation. The groups will collaborate to [...]

The 145th Airlift Wing stood up on March 15, 1948, just six months after the Air Force established its own separate service on Sept. 18, 1947. Starting its journey with the P-47 Thunderbolt, the Wing [...]

Over the past two years, WarbirdsNews has been reporting HERE on the efforts of Jason Capra and his team at Vintage Wings, Inc. to resurrect an abandoned combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper back to flying [...]

Sitting in a hangar at French Valley Airport near Murrieta, California is a rare and historic aircraft: McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II Bu.145310. This fighter is the eleventh Phantom II ever built, and the fourth oldest [...]

The Great British Fly-In Celebrating 100 Years of the Royal Air Force April 15, 2018 | 10:00am – 4:00pm STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER FREE, PARKING $15 The British are coming to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy […]

Those of us interested in military history, and most particularly the naval battles of WWII, watched in awe on Monday when images of the sunken aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2) and a number her […]

For those of you interested in having a flight in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Warbird Adventures at Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida is hosting the late David Tallichet’s B-17G 44-83456 this spring. The […]

Flight training is now available in the F-104 Starfighter. The new civilian flight training program for licensed pilots is offered exclusively by commercial space marketing company Infinity Space, Inc. Ground school and in-flight instruction is […]

Over the past two years, WarbirdsNews has been reporting HERE on the efforts of Jason Capra and his team at Vintage Wings, Inc. to resurrect an abandoned combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper back to flying […]

Sitting in a hangar at French Valley Airport near Murrieta, California is a rare and historic aircraft: McDonnell F4H-1F Phantom II Bu.145310. This fighter is the eleventh Phantom II ever built, and the fourth oldest […]

The People’s Mosquito Ltd has announced that they have contracted with Retrotec Ltd, one of the world’s premier aircraft restoration providers, to build and test to final airworthiness acceptance a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB.VI. […]

On November 3rd, 2017, the Commemorative Air Force’s North American B-25J Mitchell 43-27868 was on final approach during its last airshow appearance of the year when it suffered an engine failure. The crew landed the airplane […]

The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang is one of the lesser known Allied fighter types which made its way into combat during WWII. It was an important stop-gap fighter of Australian design and manufacture based upon […]

The RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum – An Overview by Phil Buckley The Aviation Heritage Museum, maintained by the Royal Australian Air Force Association at Bull Creek near Perth in Western Australia, has an important collection of […]

The Great British Fly-In Celebrating 100 Years of the Royal Air Force April 15, 2018 | 10:00am – 4:00pm STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER FREE, PARKING $15 The British are coming to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy […]

Those of us interested in military history, and most particularly the naval battles of WWII, watched in awe on Monday when images of the sunken aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2) and a number her […]

Two B-17G Flying Fortresses and more than 130 reenactors are scheduled to take part in the opening events for the B-17 Memphis Belle™ exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, May 17-19, […]

The 145th Airlift Wing stood up on March 15, 1948, just six months after the Air Force established its own separate service on Sept. 18, 1947. Starting its journey with the P-47 Thunderbolt, the Wing […]

By Pete Mecca In the year 1427, celebrated Vietnamese patriot Le Loi defeated the occupying Chinese soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Considered God-like by the Vietnamese, Le Loi’s birthplace village of Lam Son is regarded […]

By Pete Mecca From a special article in the New York Times on December 15, 1944: “Big strike on railroad marshaling yards in Rangoon by B-29 bombers cause devastating results. No B-29s were lost.” The […]

2017 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at WarbirdsNews have endeavored to keep our readers informed of as many developments as possible, with exclusive […]

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